Nintendo focusing on health
With the Wii U a failure, Nintendo needs to find a new way to be relevant, and it's looking at your body.
The Wii Fit has a purpose: Helping sick children
Wii Fit finally has a purpose other than getting overweight and lazy kids off their butts, I for one say onward Wii Fit!
The 3DS will reward you if you exercise
Nintendo loves making gamers exercise. The Wii, with its motion sensing controllers requiring gamers to do more than thumb buttons on a controller, was the first console of this generation to say, “Hey gamers, you’re fat and nobody loves you. So from now on you’re required to move around for your gaming fix.†Nintendo’s initial approach was fairly subtle, and …
CSA: Do not use your Wii Fit to slide down your stairs
This is a community service announcement just in case some of you out there are as stupid as these 2 girls from Australia. Apparently well into a drinking session Mrs Einstein decided it would be a fantastic idea to use her Wii Fit board as a sled. So she drunkenly stumbled over to the fridge to get some butter and …
Woman Falls off Wii fit, Becomes a Sex Addict
Some headlines you just can’t make up. According to Yahoo News, a Mancunian Catering Worker has been turned in to a raging sex addict, all because of video games. Before advocacy groups start on a warpath, it’s not because of their media content. Apparently after falling off of her Wii fit board, Amanda Flowers has become addicted to sex. The …
EA – Frustrated with Weak Wii Performance
EA banked quite heavily on the Wii. With the magic of hindsight, this can generally be accepted as a “bad idea,†considering the system still only seems to be generating games sales revenue based on first-party titles. EA head John Riccitiello is rather unhappy with the situation, one that’s undoubtedly contributed to the company’s reported losses "To be honest with …
Shocking! Wii Fit Results “Underwhelming†says Study
A bunch of American Doctors fitness authorities with the The American Council on Exercise (ACE), has studied the efficacy of Nintendo’s Wii Fit and, unsurprisingly, found it lacking. The study which tested both men and women between the ages of 20 and 24 found that Wii Fit, a video game, produced “underwhelming results,” in terms of exercise intensity. They tested …
CyberBike – The best thing to happen to the Wii since Wii Fit?
Remember when the Wii was announced everyone laughed at the stupid name and bad graphics and was sure that the thing wouldn’t sell… and then remember when the Wii Fit was announced we all mocked it saying there is no way people will buy that? Well I don’t want to be in that crowd anymore so I am hedging my …
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